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Ahead of World Water Day, Metropolitan Water District officials Monday called on Southern Californians to significantly reduce their water use and warned of the possibility of mandated water conservation measures. Source: Water officials call for increased conservation, warn of mandatory … Continue reading →

The EPA has approved Oxitec’s modified skeeters for release into the wild, as part of a strategy to reduce mosquito-borne diseases. Source: 2 Billion Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Cleared for Release in California and Florida Well in some ways this is … Continue reading →

Sources https://bigthink.com/thinking/the-voltage-effect/ https://www.verywellmind.com/the-asch-conformity-experiments-2794996 Everyone in the room was shown a picture with three lines of varying lengths, in which one line was very obviously longer than others. Each person in the room was asked to state out loud which was … Continue reading →

A pig kidney was successfully tested on a dead patient last month for the first time without being immediately rejected. Source: Pig kidney transplant successfully tested on deceased woman Since they say it wasn’t rejected she _had_ to have been … Continue reading →

Oh my! Another reason to be vegan. Following a safety review, U.S. food regulators said short-haired cattle produced through gene editing can be raised for meat production. Source: FDA clears CRISPR cattle for meat production And remember that term “precision … Continue reading →

Scientists with the USF Genomics program and Center for Global Health and Infectious Disease Research have taken a significant step in providing the people of Rwanda the scientific tools they need to help address mental health issues that stemmed from … Continue reading →

The bill, signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown, follows a law from earlier in October that expanded liability protections for food donations. Source: UPDATE: California governor signs new date label bill to reduce food waste 5.5 million tons of … Continue reading →

More than 100,000 tons of pesticides are being sprayed each year onto feed crops for factory farms in the US, animal welfare and conservation groups have revealed. Source: US meat industry using 235m pounds of pesticides a year, study finds … Continue reading →

In the wake of a voter-approved law, Subaru and Kia dealers in Massachusetts have disabled systems that allow remote starts and send maintenance alerts. Source: A Fight Over the Right to Repair Cars Turns Ugly Just my two cents. If … Continue reading →

Source: https://thehill-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/592457-the-cdc-is-finally-recognizing-natural-immunity-legislators-should-follow?amp_js_v=a6&amp_gsa=1&amp&usqp=mq331AQIKAGwASCAAgM%3D#aoh=16439394885811&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fthehill.com%2Fopinion%2Fhealthcare%2F592457-the-cdc-is-finally-recognizing-natural-immunity-legislators-should-follow Quote natural immunity was more protective against infection than vaccination (in California during September, 8.3-fold vs 35.0-fold). Sometimes these statistics are rather confusing I would assume that that is saying that you had an 8.3 fold less likelihood … Continue reading →